US carrier group deployment may extend a year; Iran threat cited

Intelligence summary

BREAKING: Families of 7,000 US sailors serving aboard the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group have been told to prepare for a worst-case scenario in which the deployment lasts an entire year. Navy officials also warned that the sailors would not be home for the holidays. Acting navy secretary Hung Cao warned that Iran could soon have enough cruise missiles and drones to overwhelm defences and become a nuclear-armed threat if the US does not act now.